Apartment fire on Old Plank Road displaces family Tuesday night
BUTLER TWP — A family of five was displaced following an apartment fire Tuesday, July 25, on Old Plank Road.
The two-alarm blaze at 56 Old Plank Road caused the structure to be evacuated around 11 p.m. Tuesday, but all occupants — except the family of five — were able to return to their units, according to Scott Frederick, chief of Butler Township Volunteer Fire District.
“Two adults and three children were displaced,” he said. “The Red Cross was contacted last night.”
The fire damaged a second floor apartment significantly and resulted in some water damage to the building’s first floor, Frederick said.
The blaze was knocked down in 40 minutes, Frederick added.
There were no injuries reported in connection to the fire.
Frederick said first responders were on scene within a minute of the dispatch to the structure on Old Plank Road. Upon arrival, they saw flames and smoke coming from the second floor apartment window.
Residents were already exiting the building, he said.
Crews began leaving the scene around 12:20 a.m. Wednesday, July 26.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Frederick said some residents tried to reenter the building during the blaze, and that a good rule of thumb to “get out and stay out” as soon as fire is detected.
The Butler Bureau of Fire, Butler Ambulance Service, East Butler and Penn Township volunteer fire departments and Herman Volunteer Fire Company also responded to the scene.
